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From Africa to Spain in 30 minutes: how a crime group smuggled migrants, fugitives and drugs on speedboats

Kirsty Mckenzie - 12 Jan, 2022 @ 20:30

AN organised crime group who used speedboats to smuggle migrants and drugs across the Mediterranean Sea to Spain has been dismantled by Spanish police. Officers...

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Costa del Crime: Man arrested after woman found with serious head injuries following horror wrench attack

Kirsty Mckenzie - 30 Dec, 2021 @ 20:30

DETECTIVES have launched an investigation after a woman was violently attacked with a wrench on Wednesday. Officers have arrested a man on suspicion of attempted...

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Man, 42, arrested after spate of hotel and restaurant robberies in Spain’s Estepona

Kirsty Mckenzie - 30 Dec, 2021 @ 20:23

A MAN, 42, was arrested after a spate of robberies at hotels and restaurants on the Costa del Sol. The suspect is being held in...

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Police in Spain act in Breaking Bad parody in latest Christmas video

Kirsty Mckenzie - 17 Dec, 2021 @ 17:44

BREAKING BAD may have been off of our television screens for years now but the legacy of Walter White and the pseudonym 'Heisenberg' continues...

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Four jailed after man survives kidnap, torture and blackmail horror on Costa del Sol

Kirsty Mckenzie - 9 Dec, 2021 @ 13:43

A CRIMINAL gang who covered their victim in ice packs and placed him in front of an electric fan before torturing him for five...

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Police arrest gang behind kidnap and torture of Belgian man in revenge for drug theft on Spain’s Costa del...

Fiona Govan - 12 Oct, 2021 @ 12:15

SPANISH police have arrested a gang of 12 people involved in a plot to kidnap and torture a Belgian man in revenge for a...

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Spain’s most notorious con artist Little Nicolas, 27, hospitalised after fight in Marbella

Kirsty Mckenzie - 24 Aug, 2021 @ 18:45

A BABY-FACED con artist who became Spain's most notorious gatecrasher has been hospitalised following an alleged brawl at a concert in Marbella. Former law student...

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Seven British fugitives nabbed in Spain within fortnight proving Costa del Sol is still favoured hangout for criminals on...

Fiona Govan - 20 Jul, 2021 @ 11:18

SEVEN British fugitives have been tracked down and arrested in Spain within a fortnight, the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has revealed. The fugitives, all...

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Nowhere to hide: Is the Costa del Sol still the safest place for fugitives?

Kirsty Mckenzie - 29 May, 2021 @ 17:29

Suspects on the run are being forced look for alternative hiding places as police clamp down on criminals in the Costa del Sol

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WATCH: Two Britons and an Irishman arrested for punishment shooting of Brit in Spain’s Marbella

Dilip Kuner - 23 Jun, 2020 @ 17:00

POLICE have swooped on a luxury Marbella villa to arrest three men accused of shooting a Brit four times in the legs in a...

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SPECIAL REPORT: After coining the phrase ‘Costa del Crime’ in the 80s, it’s not surprising we’re STILL living in...

Staff Reporter - 21 Dec, 2019 @ 09:00

He was sleeping with an axe and a machete under his pillow to fend off murderous rivals

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REVEALED: Notorious Costa del Sol trickster David Klein’s €1 million euro tax avoidance scam in Spain

Robert Firth - 5 Dec, 2019 @ 13:10

He hadn’t been declaring the income to the Spanish tax authorities

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Neighbours of British man shot dead outside luxury house on Spain’s Costa del Sol say they remain in the...

Jacque Talbot - 22 Nov, 2019 @ 16:55

The British man was shot in broad daylight at around 3:15pm yesterday afternoon

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Gavin and Stacey’s Larry Lamb joins Craig Fairbrass and Kris Marshall at Marbella International Film Festival on Spain’s Costa...

Tim McNulty - 9 Sep, 2019 @ 08:34

The event should be the ‘biggest yet’ according to director Mac Chakaveh

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WATCH: Police SMASH one of Europe’s largest cocaine labs run from luxury Costa del Sol villa

Charlie Smith - 21 Jan, 2019 @ 12:41

POLICE in Spain have smashed one of the largest cocaine labs in Europe, which was run from a luxury villa on the Costa del...

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Man STABBED to death and thrown under moving car in Spain’s Malaga this morning

Charlie Smith - 30 Dec, 2018 @ 11:39

POLICE are investigating the death of a man in Malaga after he was stabbed several times. The victim, believed to be between 35 and 40...

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XMAS BUST: Police in two sleepy Andalucia towns arrest 4 as 1000 cannabis plants and six cars seized this...

Charlie Smith - 27 Dec, 2018 @ 14:46

POLICE in two Andalucia towns have made huge drug busts over Christmas, arresting four people this week. In Manilva and Alhaurín El Grande, Guardia Civil officers...

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Costa del Sol man held over attempted murder of teen who he rammed with car after Christmas club row

Charlie Smith - 27 Dec, 2018 @ 12:53

A TEENAGER on Spain's Costa del Sol has been left in a critical condition after he was deliberately hit by a car on Christmas...

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Police free pregnant teen sold by parents for €8,000 to Romanian family in Spain’s Andalucia

Charlie Smith - 11 Dec, 2018 @ 17:50

POLICE have freed a pregnant teen who was sold by her parents to a Romanian family in Andalucia. The 16-year-old’s mum and dad flogged her...

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Kinahan mafia member who plunged to death from Marbella hotel balcony ‘took his own life’, police say

Charlie Smith - 11 Dec, 2018 @ 16:40

POLICE believe the Irish mafia member who plunged to his death in Marbella took his own life. Michael Cumberton, 30, a prominent member of the...

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Brit suspected of gunning down victim in double murder released on bail after Spain arrest

Charlie Smith - 3 Dec, 2018 @ 12:29

Shaw was gunned down in Tile Hill on 25 March, while Robbins has never been found and is presumed dead

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Autopsy reveals Marbella shooting victim had more than 20 bullet wounds from AK-47

Charlie Smith - 22 Nov, 2018 @ 13:08

The killer, believed to be hired by a criminal gang, dumped the weapon in a bin, before speeding away from police on a motorbike

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SHOOTING: Victim of Marbella assassination revealed as ‘foreign’ as more details emerge

Elisa Menendez - 20 Nov, 2018 @ 23:33

The incident is believed to have taken place on a residential street in the Sierra Blanca area

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Man slaughtered while he sipped beer and ate sushi on Spain’s Cost del Sol identified as Dutch narco and...

Charlie Smith - 30 Oct, 2018 @ 13:47

The dead Dutchman was in a conflict with the Netherlands most wanted criminal Ridouan Taghi, who has ordered around 20 deaths to protect his €100 million cocaine empire

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Dubliner James Quinn sentenced to 22 years in prison in Spain for Gary Hutch Costa del Sol murder

Elisa Menendez - 21 Jun, 2018 @ 14:57

35-year-old Quinn was handed 20 years for acting as the getaway driver in the 'execrable' murder and two years for possession of illegal weapons this morning in Malaga

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BREAKING: James Quinn found guilty in Spain for involvement in Costa del Sol Gary Hutch murder

Elisa Menendez - 15 Jun, 2018 @ 18:53

Quinn, from Dublin, was found guilty of acting as the getaway driver in the crime - not the gunman

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EXCLUSIVE: New Madeleine clues linking German paedophile handed to police from hard-hitting TV documentary

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 17 Jan, 2022 @ 17:34

A GERMAN TV investigation has uncovered a series of fresh witnesses and information linking a convicted paedophile to the snatching of Madeleine McCann. The documentary...

Where bandits once trod: A riding adventure through the stunning Sierra Morena in Spain’s Andalucia

17 Jan, 2022 @ 17:00

Spain announces crackdown on cryptocurrency adverts that ignore investor risks

17 Jan, 2022 @ 16:44

Horses jump through ‘purification’ bonfires during Las Luminarias ceremony in Spain

17 Jan, 2022 @ 15:45

Police issue warning over trick burglars are using to break into your home in Spain

17 Jan, 2022 @ 15:00

‘Drug kingpin’ known as Pablo Escobar of Spain arrested

17 Jan, 2022 @ 14:15

Alicante boy, 16, uses multiple female social media profiles in sex blackmail plot in Spain

Alicante boy uses female social media profiles in sex blackmail plot in Spain

17 Jan, 2022 @ 14:00

New and updated map produced to encourage more people on to tourist trails on Spain’s Costa Blanca

17 Jan, 2022 @ 13:30

Bogus gas inspector tricks and robs elderly expats in Costa Blanca area of Spain

Fresh warning as bogus gas inspector tricks elderly expats in Costa Blanca area of Spain

17 Jan, 2022 @ 12:54

2 bedroom Finca/Country House for sale in Competa – € 195,000

17 Jan, 2022 @ 12:07

Luck runs out for female thief who keeps reoffending and getting released in Costa Blanca area of Spainty of deceased migrant to get work on the Costa Blanca in Spain

Luck runs out for female thief with 20 arrests and releases in Costa Blanca area of Spain

17 Jan, 2022 @ 12:00

Police warn drivers in Spain to take extra care to make sure cats are not hiding under hood during...

17 Jan, 2022 @ 09:03

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